Fundraising

In 2022 churches, individuals and trusts generously gave £950,936 towards the work of USPG and our global partners, a 25% increase from 2021. This includes £22,750 from trusts, £375,970 from church donations and £552,616 from individual donations. This included an impressive £380,212 given by both churches and individuals, to our appeals.

USPG and our partners were honoured to have received £613,821 in gifts left to us in wills.

Highlights

The start of 2022 was marked by the devastating news of the war in Ukraine. We are committed to supporting our Ukrainian sisters and brothers, which is why we launched our Ukraine Emergency Appeal in collaboration with the Diocese in Europe. We could never have predicted the extraordinary generosity of both donors already known and loved by us, and members of the public who had never heard of USPG before. It was a privilege to work closely with the Diocese in Europe to create this appeal, and in 2022 alone our donors from the UK and across the globe raised £267,178.

These donations have already funded vital emergency projects in Ukraine, from food and hygiene parcels to community kitchens providing hot meals for those displaced by the conflict. The life-changing impact of the donations is ongoing, as funds continue to be used to address the evolving needs of communities a year into the crisis in Ukraine.

We were moved by the powerful response to this appeal, and are grateful to everyone who supported us financially and in prayer.

This year we also ran three seasonal appeals for Lent, Harvest and Christmas, raising a total of £116,245 for programmes in Zambia, North India and Malawi. These donations provided vital funds to tackle the abuse of women and girls, rescue people kidnapped by traffickers, and support farmers to grow nutritious food.

We ran emergency appeals to raise money in response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, and the floods in Pakistan. Funds from these appeals went towards emergency relief packages in both areas, supporting the Church of Ceylon and the Church of

Pakistan attending to the needs of their local communities when they needed it most.

Finally, in 2022 individuals and churches who are part of the Partners in Mission scheme raised £39,595 towards programmes in Tanzania, Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka. We launched new websites to give partners easier access to updates from the communities they support and welcomed new supporters to the scheme, resulting in a 17% increase on the number of partners compared to 2021.